Water-trough



No. 623,208. Patented Apr. I8, "399..

H. c. FOLTZ. WATER TRDUGHQ:

(A'pnlication filed Apr. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- "HENRY c. FOLTZ, or HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.

WATER-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,208, dated April18, 1899. Application filed April 8, 1898. Serial No. 676,886, (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. FOLTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at I'Iagerstown, in the county of \Vashington and State ofl\laryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVater-Troughs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableOthers skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to water-troughs,and more especially to a classoftroughs designed for watering live stock and for similar purposes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an efficient head fortroughs of the character referred to so constructed as to adapt theparts to be easily and quickly secured together so as to insure awater-tight joint and also to adapt such heads to be adj usted from timeto time if need be, as in case of shrinkage or working loose, so as toprevent leakage and render the trough watertight under varyingconditions or changes of temperature.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described withreference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and then pointed outin the claimsv at the end of thedescription.

In the drawings, in which similar letters of reference are used todenote similar parts in different views, Figure 1 represents a verticaltransverse section of a water-troughembodying myinvention. Fig. 2illustrates a fragmentary side View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail planview of one end of the trough; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View, ona slightly-enlarged scale, of a portion of the trough, illustrating themeans for securing the end pieces or head to the bodyportion or troughproper.

In the drawings the letter A denotes the main or body portion of thetrough,'which may consist of a concave or semicircular plate of sheetmetal or other suitable material,which may be bent, rolled, or otherwiseformed into the desired shape and to which is attached at each end ahead or end piece B, as shown. The heads or end pieces B may be formedof cast metal or other suitable material and are each provided on theirinner sides with a groove or recess b, corresponding in shape to thecontour of the end of the trough proper, A, the said groove or recessbeing preferably formed with inclined walls converging inwardly, asshown, and the end of the trough being of a blunter contour than theshape of the groove or recess to adapt said end to be wedged into therecess, and thereby form a secure water-tight joint. By thusinclining orbeveling the Walls of the recess or groove the head of the trough isadapted to be fitted over the end of troughs of different thicknessesand may be wedged into the recesses of the heads more or less tightlyand secured therein by means of bolts 0 C, which in the form shown areprovided with lugs c, which pass through apertures in the sides of thetrough A and are riveted thereto. The bolts 0 preferably havescrew-threaded ends 0, which project through openings in the heads B orapertured ears I) thereof, and by means of nuts 0 screwed thereon, theheads and trough are firmly secured together and the endsof the troughare wedged into the grooves or recesses, so as to form water-tightjoints. If desired, suitable packing may be inserted in said grooves;but such packing is not necessary, because the parts are adapted to makea tight tit, and in case the joints become loose by shrinkage orotherwise in continuous use the same may be made water-tight by screwingup the nuts on the ends of the bolts C. The heads or end pieces B arepreferably provided with'pendent legs or extensions 19 to form supportsfor the trough. By forming the ears I) of the heads through which theends of the bolts 0 pass of a thickness less than the thickness of thebody of the said head the ends of the bolts 0 and the nuts thereon willnot project beyond the outer side or face of the said head, thusavoiding unsightly projections, which are liable to be struck and brokenor injured so as to cause leakage of the trough.

WVhile I have shown the bolts 0 as being riveted to the trough proper,it is obvious that they may be secured thereto in other ways, and whileI preferably form the body of the trough of a substantially semicircularshape from a single piece of sheet metal bent or rolled into the desiredshape the said trough may be constructed of two or more pieces, if

desired, with water-tight joints Without departing from the spirit of myinvention,which resides, essentially, in the novel and peculiarconstruction of the detachable head or end piece and the means forattaching the same to the trough, so as to adapt it to be easily appliedand adjusted from time to time to take up wear or cause a more tight fitand prevent leakage.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A water-trough comprising a trough-like body, end pieces or headshaving perforated lugs or ears on their edges and grooves on their innerfaces corresponding with the contour of the ends of said body; saidgrooves having inclined walls which converge inwardly, and said endshaving a blunter contour than the shape of the grooves, to adapt them tobe inserted in said grooves with a wedging action, and said lugs beingof less thickness than the main portion of the head; bolts extendingfrom the end portions of said body through said perforated lugs,and nutsscrewed on said bolts having their outer faces substantially flush withthe outer surface of said head, whereby said trough-like body and headsare firmly secured together so as to form water-tight joints withprovision for adjusting the same to keep the joints tight, substantiallyas described.

- 2. In a water-trough, head-pieces each havin g on its inner face agroove or recess corresponding in shape with the form of the end of thetrough to be inserted therein, the walls of said recess converginginward to adapt the end of the trough fitting therein to be wedged intoposition so as to form and maintain a watertight joint, in combinationwith a trough-like body having its ends seated in said grooves; saidends being of a blunter contour than the shape of the grooves, and saidbody having secured thereto screw-threaded bolts whose freeends extendthrough apertures in the edges of said heads, and nuts on the free endsof said bolts for wedging the ends of the body in said grooves,substantially as described.

3. Awater-trough comprisingasemicircular body having a series of boltssecured thereto and extending beyond the ends thereof,heads havingsemicircular grooves or recesses on their inner faces, the walls ofwhich grooves converge inwardly, so as to adapt the ends of said bodywhich are of a blunter contour than the shape of the grooves to bewedged into the grooves, a series of perforated lugs or cars on theedges ofsaid heads of less thickness than the main portion of the head,and nuts screwed on said bolts with their outer faces substantiallyflush with the outer surface of the heads when the parts are joinedtogether, substantially as and for the purpose described. 7

4:. A water-trough comprising a semicircular body having a series ofbolts secured thereto and extending beyond the ends thereof,heads havingsemicircular grooves or recesses on their inner faces, the walls ofwhich converge inwardly to adapt the ends of said body which are of ablunter contour than the shape of the grooves to be wedged into thegrooves, a series of perforated lugs or ears on the edges of said headsof less thickness than the main portion of the head, and nuts screwed onsaid bolts with their outer faces substantially flush with the outersurface of the heads when the parts are joined together; said endpieces. or heads being provided with pendent extensions or legs to formsupports for the trough, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. FOLTZ. Witnesses:

J. F. RoEssNER, S. H. WEIHENMAYER.

